sinistromanual

sinistromanual
SYN: left-handed. [sinistro- + L. manus, hand]

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sin·is·tro·man·u·al (sin″is-tro-manґu-əl) [sinistro- + manual] left-handed.

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  • left-handed — Denoting the habitual or more skillful use of the left hand for writing and for most manual operations. SYN: sinistromanual. * * * left hand·ed left han dəd, lef tan adj 1) using the left hand habitually or more easily than the right 2) relating… …   Medical dictionary

  • left handed — Synonyms and related words: abusive, all thumbs, atrocious, awkward, backhand, backhanded, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, calumnious, careless, circuitous, clownish, clumsy, clumsy fisted, contumelious,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • sinistral — Synonyms and related words: backhand, backhanded, circuitous, counterclockwise, deflectional, deviant, deviative, devious, digressive, divagational, divergent, excursive, indirect, larboard, left, left hand, left handed, left wing, left wingish,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • left-handed — adj 1. sinistral, sinistromanual, sinis trodextral, dextrosinistral; sinistrocerebral, sinistroc ular, sinistrogyrate, sinistrogyric. 2. ambiguous, double meaning, paradoxical, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, questionable; enigmatic, ironic,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • sinistrad —   adv. towards left.    ♦ sinistral, a. pertaining to left; left handed; illegitimate.    ♦ sinistration, n.    ♦ sinistrogyrate,    ♦ sinistrogyric, a. moving to left.    ♦ sinistromanual,   a. left handed.    ♦ sinistrorse, a. (of plant)… …   Dictionary of difficult words

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